How to Cast an Indie Film; helping directors and producers go from breakdown to signed deal

How to Cast an Indie Film is a self-paced course for producers and directors casting an independent film. Thirteen steps take you from a finished script to a signed cast: the cast list, the casting plan, the character breakdown, where it goes, sides and self-tapes, callbacks and chemistry reads, names and offers, union or non-union, approvals, bonds and cast insurance, deal structures, minors and the cast deal memo. Each step has a short read, a Don’t skip box with the part first-timers miss, a worked example from an invented film, and questions. You write the answers, in order, and the answers become your casting plan and your deal points. Included: the How to Cast an Indie Film workbook, a file that opens in your web browser and saves as you type, plus a printable worksheet for every step, a breakdown template, an audition tracker, an offer checklist and a cast deal-memo term sheet. The workbook compiles your answers into one printable casting packet at the end. Self-paced, at your own speed. There are no videos, no live sessions and nobody reading your pages. It’s general information, and an entertainment attorney should review every cast agreement before anyone signs. When the cast is set, it has to fit a schedule and a budget, and that’s the work Goldsmith Production Services does.